Category: Science

Science word of the day: Coprolite Pronunciation: KAHP’-ruh-lite What it means: Coprolites are fossilized poop. Scientists have found coprolites from animals as diverse as fish

Chinese researchers have revealed a new technology that could soon enable drones to charge mid-flight using high-powered lasers. The scientists built a prototype of the

Betelgeuse , the bright reddish star that marks Orion’s shoulder, has kept skywatchers company for thousands of years — and it may have had company

Monkeys use some of the same basic mental strategies as people do to perceive abstract relationships between shapes, a new study suggests. The findings challenge

An ecological “superspreader” event may be imminent as more than 1,500 ships continue to idle in the closed Strait of Hormuz, with the potential to

Women who received treatment for autoimmune diseases with CAR T cell therapy went on to have regular pregnancies and healthy babies.

Researchers documented behavioral similarities between 11 rehabilitated elephants and their wild counterparts.

For 25 years, physicists have been puzzled by an apparent one-part-in-a-million problem. Their expectations of the way that certain particles should wobble in a magnetic

This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied

Using laser scanning technology to peer beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon rainforest, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient earthworks that were made by

Hundreds of spectators who attended the recent launch of a Chinese rocket witnessed a truly shocking sight when a bolt of lightning struck the ascending

While millions around the world grappled with extreme heat this month, a research station in Antarctica recorded Earth’s coldest temperature since 2012. The high-altitude research

“Expedition X: Atomic Sharks” – a “Shark Week” 2026 special – sees biologist Phil Torres and “Expedition X” host Heather Amaro explore the islands’ waters

“Demon cavefish” have been discovered lurking in caverns beneath a contaminated U.S. Army base in Alabama, a new study has found. Biologists have named the